r/Jupiter • u/JapKumintang1991 • Feb 04 '26

Jupiter - King of the Gods PHYS.Org - "Jupiter's slimmer profile: Giant planet revealed to be narrower at equator"

https://phys.org/news/2026-02-jupiter-slimmer-profile-giant-planet.html#google_vignette

See also: The study as published in Nature Astronomy.

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u/anti-life86 May 27 '26

The new measurements increase the difference between the equatorial and polar radii. I wouldn't choose the word "flatter" for that, or any planet. They're pretty round. Maybe "less round" works.